Bold Venture at Hollandia Is Successful
General MacArthur reports a major operation on the New Guinea north coast near Hollandia and Aitape. About 60 000 Japanese forces are isolated, with another 80 000 across New Britain New Ireland and Bougainville, while American landings and airfield improvements press the campaign toward the aim of neutralizing the enemy.
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Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
New
Hollandia
Aitape
New Inea
Douglas Macarthur
Bataan
New Zea
Solomon Islands
Australia
Taan
Madang
New Britain
New Ireland
Bougainville
Wewak
Eee
Spectlens
Invasion Advances in New Guinea Highlight War News
The MacArthur Nimitz effort in New Guinea advances toward retaking the Philippines with Hollandia and Aitape landings after heavy bombardment. About 140 000 Japanese are neutralized in the New Guinea to Solomons area as air power shifts in favor of the Allies. Allied prospects improve while German air force destruction predictions intensify.
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MacArthur-Nimitz
New Guinea
MacArthur
Bataan
Pacific
Hollandia
Aitape
Philippines
Solomons
Australia
Ernest J. King
United States
Japan
London
Ieee
Luftwaffe
Seven Major Changes In Price Control Advocated
Washington April 24. The Smith committee proposed seven major changes to the price control and stability act. The majority urges tightening control including a preservation of wage and price freezes, curbs on OPA powers, and clearer publication of orders. A minority disputes several points especially on War Labor Board sanctions and WLB prohibitions, with Jennings open minded.
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Washington
War Labor Board
OPA
Wee Ee
Var Opa
Federal Register
Aes
WLB
Smith
Peterson
D-Ga
Hartley
R-Nj
Huffman
R-Mich
Jennings
D-Tenn
Flood Damage Mounts in Kansas and Missouri
Torrential rains after a wet weekend swell streams in Kansas and Missouri causing widespread flooding. Wichita endures its worst flood since 1904 with about 1,000 homes flooded and 5,000 people in refuges. Lawrence Kaw River expected to rise to a 36 year high as Missouri River crests approach Evans City.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Wichita
Kas
Big
Arkansas
Winfield Kas
Walnut River
Lawrence
Kaw
Missouri River
Evans S City
J. A. Adams
U. S. Army
St. Louis
Spaniards Liquidated Madrid Front Report
Madrid announces liquidation of the Spanish volunteer legion fighting with the Germans against the Russians. A government spokesman says not a single Spaniard remains on the eastern front, despite Moscow broadcasts criticizing Spain for permitting the legion to fight with the Germans.
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Madrid
Spanish Legion of Volunteers
Foreign Office
Moscow
Spain
Meadows Indicted for Embezzlement at East Carolina Teachers College
Greenville reports Solicitor D M Clark presented the Pitt county grand jury with a sixteen count indictment against President Leon R Meadows of East Carolina Teachers College for embezzling state and student activity funds totaling about 18000 The board of trustees voted to exonerate him after hearings and auditors' findings. Election news: Clyde A Erwin calls East Carolina Teachers College trustees to meet in Raleigh Thursday to name a successor to Meadows who asked to be relieved.
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Greenville
D. M. Clark
Pitt County Grand Jury
Leon R. Meadows
East Carolina Teachers College
Meadows
Board of Trustees
Raleigh
Clyde A. Erwin
Erwin
Enon
Gliders Used to Land Fighters Behind Japs
Allied glider borne guerrilla fighters establish a defense box across a north south Burma railroad deep behind enemy lines to cut Japanese supply routes to Myitkyina. Scots Trish and British flown in with pack mules, reinforced by American air commandos, while Imphal battles yield heavy fighting and Japanese media report British ring defenses.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Myitkyina
India
Chindits
Kohima- Dimapur
Kohima
Bengal-Assam
China
Sansa
Mye
Imphal
Dimapur
Imn
Russians Mass For New Drive Into Romania
Soviet forces poised for another major operation after lifting the Leningrad siege and advancing 500 miles from Kursk toward Berlin. Front dispatches report rearguard moves to new bases as a spring offensive is anticipated on the Polish Romanian fronts possibly coordinated with Western pushes.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Romania
Berlin
Kursk
London
Admiral King Reveals Damages to Over a Score Warships
Admiral Ernest J. King discloses damage to more than twenty U S warships from battles in 1942 and 1943. The report lists carrier Enterprise and ships like San Juan Portland Juneau Atlanta and more, with corresponding communique omissions for some actions.
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Admiral King
Washington
Ernest J. King
Navy
King
Coral Si Sea
U.S
Neosha
Savo Island
Chicago
Ralph Talbot
Patterson
Quincy
Vincennes
Astores
Canberra
Eastern Solomons
Enterprise
Cape Esperance
Battle of la Cruz
South Dakota
San Juan
Guadalcanal
San Francisco
Portland
Helena
Sterrett
Gwin
Aaron Ward
Juneau
Atlanta
Cushing
Preston
Banham
Walke
Monssen
Laffey
Barton
Tassafaronga
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Pensacola
Kula Gulf
St. Louis
Honolulu
New Zealand
King di
Solomons
Lavalette
MacArthur Leads Inch by Inch In New Guinea Landing
General Douglas MacArthur, aboard a U.S. cruiser off New Guinea, views troops at Hollandia and Tanahmerah Bay as Allied forces seal a major advance. His presence lifts 60,000 Japanese fate and electrifies infantry during the twin beachhead push.
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General MacArthur
New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Tanahmerah Bay
MacArthur
Potes
LST
Last Of 4 Escaped German Prisoners Taken In Georgia
The last of four German POWs who escaped Camp Gordon near Augusta Ga has been captured. F C Holloman of the Atlanta federal bureau of identification named Gerd Gatzat 74 as the man caught in Columbia DC. Police say he was found burying himself in a railroad sand gondola with a beer bottle of milk as his only food. Herman Miller 72 who escaped with Gatzat was also seized in Columbia. The other two, Josef Lisinski and Heinz Stolte, were captured near Augusta soon after the escape.
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Atlanta
Camp Gordon
Augusta
F. C. Holloman
Federal Bureau of Identification
Holloman
Gerd Gatzat
Columbia
D. C
Gatzat
Herman Miller
Columbia Street
Josef Lisinski
Heinz Stolte
Greensboro man seeks funding for blue mold research
William G. Holman of Greensboro told a Senate agriculture subcommittee he developed a fertilizer formula to combat blue mold in tobacco. He asked for a $10,000 grant under a bill by Senator Reynolds to fund his experiments.
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Washington
William G. Holman
Greensboro
Senate
Senate Agriculture
Reynolds
D-Nc
Roosevelt and Dewey Face Mild Challenges This Week
The leading Democratic and Republican hopefuls Roosevelt and Dewey face light tests as backers press for delegates. Bricker seeks to gain in Kentucky with 22 delegates while Willis may be preferred son. Ely supporters threaten a potential setback to Roosevelt. Massachusetts GOP and Democratic contests loom with 34 and 35 delegates respectively.
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Roosevelt
Dewey
Bricker
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Kentucky
Simeon S. Willis
Willis
Massachusetts
Joseph B
Ely
Mr. Rooseveltt
Wendell L. Willkie
Allies Predict Early Destruction of Nazi Air Power
London reports a joint British and US statement declaring the Allied air offensive on Germany at a climactic phase and promising a battle to the finish as invasion plans and German propaganda mount in Europe.
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London
Germany
Berlin
British
Air Ministry
United States Strategic Air Forces
Holland
England
Britain
Europe
Transocean Agency
Dispatch
Crash Kills Nine to Twelve as Plane Hits Mountain
In Espom New Mexico on April 24 a large airplane crashed into Delight mountain. Rescue parties found a terrfic explosion and reports say nine to twelve people were killed. Local residents rushed to the wreckage and saw multiple bodies among the debris.
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Epsom
N. M
Delight Mountain
Vital Targets Of Nazis Given Record Posting
London reports a two way aerial onslaught as American and British heavy bombers strike German aircraft plants and rail yards at Bucharest and Ploesti. Italy based raids hit Belgrade and Yugoslavia while RAF and American fighters guard the bombers in a tenth straight day of operations.
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London
Britain
Italy
Bucharest
Ploesti
Romania
Friedrichshafen
Munich
Balkan
Hitler
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Germany
Berlin
Serbia
Amecan
U. S
France
Belgium
Chuttle
Geremany
Air Ministry
Vilverde
Brussels
Newton Man Downs Three Enemies in Austrian Raid
Col. Charles McGurkle Newton North Carolina, a fighter pilot, shot down three enemy planes during Austrian raids. The action followed Allied daylight assaults on Parma railyards and western Italian ports Genoa Leghorn Piombino Sant Stefano, with bomber formations escorting against aircraft plants in Austria.
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Naples
Parma
Italy
Genoa
Livovorn
Leghorn
Piombino
Sant Stefano
Austria
Charles M. MecGurkle Newton
N. C
Curtin in Washington for talks with Roosevelt
Australian Prime Minister John Curtin visits Washington for a conference with President Roosevelt before a broader meeting with British Empire and dominion chiefs.
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George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Seventh Army
Sicily
War Department
Signal Corps
Vahey
Vrranbfurt
Dresden
Kistow
Hungary
Poland
Greece
Bulgaria
Russia
Turkey
Galati
Europa
Dewitt MacKenzie
Thoburn Wiant
Yank
Jack Turcott
Combined American Press
Georgia
Newton Man
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